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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Germany in AI travel recommendations

country · overall rank 69 of 233 · rank 45 among country destinations

AI models put Germany in their top 10 recommendations in 3.4% of answers, rank 69 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as fall: 18.4%, +15.0 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −1.4 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Germany in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude2.5%
ChatGPT2.0%
Gemini5.2%
Grok4.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 52.8%
Claude Sonnet 52.0%
Claude Haiku 4.52.8%
GPT-5.6 Terra1.6%
GPT-5.6 Luna2.4%
Gemini 3.8 Flash5.2%
Grok 4.64.0%

Web search and effort

Germany · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Germany with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off2.7%4.1%
Normal vs lowest effort3.8%3.0%

The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. Germany made the top 10 at least once for 2 of those 28 model-and-setting combinations, and where it did, it came back in 30.0% of the repeats on average.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FallWinterSummerSpring
Change+15.0−2.4−2.9−3.4

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Nonstop, 6–8 hoursRequires a flightAt most two connectionsRoad trip
Change+2.0−2.7−3.4−3.4

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
One weekTwo weeks
Change+1.8+0.1

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?The plain questionOverrated
Change+0.3−2.2−3.4

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
CulturalRelaxation
Change−0.4−2.9

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool WeatherLow RainMild Weather
Change−1.7−2.4−2.7

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SoloCoupleFamily
Change−2.4−2.5−2.9

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Munich50
Berlin21
Bavaria16
Frankfurt14
Bavarian Alps2
Baden-Baden1
Bavaria (Munich)1
Black Forest1
Checkpoint Charlie1
Germany1
Hamburg1
Kassel1
Munich and Bavarian Alps1
Romantic Road1

Germany

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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